Speedometer-driving-pinion support.



A. W. NESSOLECK. SPBEDOMETER DRWING PlNoN SUEPORT.

APPLCATION FILED JAN. 24, 1913. 1,058,930. Patented A191115, 1913.

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A. W. WESSOLBGK. SPEEDOMETBR DRIVING PINION SUPPORT.`

APPLIGATIN FILED JAN.24. 1913.

1,058,930. Patenten .15,1913.

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CTCUT, SSG-NUR TO THE AMERI- tl, JNNECTSCUQ A CORPORATION if ,i i llt Epecica'tion o1 Letters Intent.

Patented Apr. 1.5, 1913. Application led January 24, T313. Serial No. $43,978.

To all whom 1i may concern A Said driving pinion 9 will always mesh prop- Be it known that. I, AUGUSTUS W. lVEss0-- erly vvith. the driving gear 10.' l Lucie, a. 4citizen of the UnitedStates, resid-Il ll is plate having therein a concentric at New Britain, Hartford county, State: slot lla. of Connecticut, have invented certain new vl2 ls'a. gooseneck a-rm'which has at one 60 .useful improvements in Speedometer-- end a pivot or stud 14 which slides freely 1n lrivinglinion Supports, of which the folthe slot 11V, lhe other end of the goose` iov/ingle a iuli, ciearfand exactdescription. neck arm has a Clamp l5 Whlch 1S adiust- My invention relates to an improved supk ably S Cll1"d t0 the lSleeve 8. port 'for a speedometer driving pinion to lli is. a bracket arranged to be clamped 65 be associated with a driving gear mounted to the prk and having one or more guide upon a yielding Wheel, the purpose being to ImS l! Wllll freely engage the sleeve 8\ keep he driving vgear and pvng pinion SU llltl nlay Slide elslly'up and ir. lproper mesh as the v-:lieel nieves up and -OW latlvely thereto 'it down relatively to `the body or Jtraine of the T0 flssemblf? th@ Parts the Plat@ 11 1S 70 I vehicle ln ull suoli devices, the one aini is .SllPPU O Vel the @Dd 0f the aXlB 6 and Seto Secure a concentric relation oi' the driving f felll damped 1U f PlacebY th? @nd ,Hut- .pinion relatively to the' front Wheel, and the 11 Slot SmlOHlCl Stand l-ppmxlmately as present invention relates to one particular hO'Wn H1 2- The gulde bracket 16' 2% for accomplishing that result. is then applied and the front fork Al at the 75 y The invention is of particular utility in PTOPG PUSI'IOH.- The goose-neck arin 12 ,ation Wgh bicycles in which ih@ from Should properly connected with the sleeve if mounted in socal-led spring fork. 8l S0 Jimi the pinion Will properly lmesh .in the drawings, Figure l is a side eleva- With lh@ drilling' gea'- if .the dm/'m' plu' the front part oi' a bicycle equipped {011 9 dUS 110i. mesu plOpelly With the dliV- 80 with my' invent-ion. ig. 2' is e rela-tively mg gel' l0, the Clamp 15 1S loosened and @I A'gmoed detail View Fig 3 is a View 0f the Sleeve 8a isl shifted therein to thatJn dereverse side of partsshown in Fig. 2. gre/e necessary to secure the proper a,d]us.t

l represents the rigid part of the from nient, whereupon the clamp l5 1s again im-k 0f a bcyci, i tightened up. The parts are then ready 85 represents the oscillating part thereof fO; USS- I i ueuelly in the forni of a bracket pivoted at 31% Opmnv l@ 1S manifestfhat the gear thg miner @11d th@ yigid part `1 This 9 Wlll lWifJS bllelCl all 2L (lellll spaced oscillating, bracket "has at its-iee endo. confelation lo the axis 0f the front Wheel 1 -e mcon ith an @plight 3 whigh in tum is by reason of 'the goose-neck arm l2, Which 90 connected toa spring fiycairiel by thhead holds the sleeve 8a. This goose-neck arm the fgk 1 The wheel j is @Ommgted by rl2 cannot partake of any longitudinal moveall@ *S i3] iigugli ingiuria with the nient )"Elzllvely t0 lie l'adlUS Of the dIlVlIlg t2 :i point between its ends, hence gear because one end of said arm is althe 'Wheel ongoimies'obstructions, it may .vuvs held coiicentiically by the COnCeniiC 95 ve in and doivnoscillatiup,` the bracket 2 Slot ll The slot lla is provided to per li lic rod S the cushion?. ig init 'Wheel 5 toniove up and down to ion ne spring 4. l, secure the cushioninor effect. As the Wheel Y conventionally n speedometer moves, up and down relatively to the rigid suitably mounted on the vehicle orconven fork l. it is obvious that the sleeve 8B may 10 lent l slide up and down in the guide bracket 16. 8 represe' te the casing of a flexible shaft, The main function of the guide bracket 16 core which is revolved by means of is to hold the parts against side` strain ocv driving pinion 9 which in turn is driven oasioned ,by the pressure of the gear 10 oy e driving gear 10 carried lby the Wheel 5 outwardly against the pinion 9, the gears 10 concentric with the axisthereof. The drivbeing;` preferably of the beveled type, al-

pinion Sie suitably mounted for rotation though the particular form of such gears a sleeve Snxvhicli is held positioned in the is immaterial to Vthe present invention. eimer hereinafter described. relatively 'to zWhat l claim ie:

. or" rotation of the Wheel 5 so i speedometer driving-pinion. support 1'1.

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